[gradsusr] zdef character limit

[Jennifer Adams]

Hi, Rob --
You can use more than  one line in the descriptor file for writing out  
the levels, something like this:

zdef 6 levels
  1000 990 980 970
   960 950

Just make sure each line has fewer than 500 characters.

--Jennifer

On Apr 28, 2010, at 2:32 PM, Robert Seigel wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am having difficulties with 'zdef' in the GRADS control file  
> (.ctl). I
> am currently using a vertical grid with 160 levels and each level is
> being written with 10 characters.  I am running into an issue with  
> GRADS
> reading in the 'zdef' levels properly.  After trial and error, I have
> figured out that there seems to be some type of character limit of  
> 500.
> After this limit it still reads 'zdef' but if this 500 character  
> pointer
> is positioned on a level it cuts it into two levels.  Is there any way
> to bypass this character limit?
>
> Thank you,
> Rob
>
>
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Jennifer M. Adams
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